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• The voluntary carbon offsets market: an analysis of market characteristics and opportunities for sustainable development

  A global carbon market has evolved in the wake of negotiations for the United Nations Kyoto Protocol. A number of distinct markets are encompassed within its remit, including a voluntary retail arm. Although the voluntary retail market is very small in comparison to other segments, it has large growth potential as it can extend to countries, customer groups and technologies not embraced by the existing compliance regime.

  • 01/01/2007

  • IIED
  • • Kyoto Protocol
    • Renewable Energy
    • Carbon Offset
    • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

• Pathway of Arsenic from water to food, West Bengal, India

  The large agrarian population of West Bengal drink groundwater with arsenic content anywhere between 0.05 and 3.7 mg/L. Greater than 44% of this population suffers from arsenic related diseases like conjunctivitis, melanosis, hyperkeratosis, and hyper pigmentation. In certain areas gangrene in the limb, malignant neoplasm and even skin

  • 01/01/2007

  • Taylor & Francis Group
  • • Agriculture
    • Rice
    • Wheat
    • Vegetables
    • Food Contamination
    • Tubewells
    • Arsenic
    • Health Effects
    • Irrigation
    • Sedimentation
    • Health
    • Groundwater Quality
    • West Bengal

• World trade report 2007: six decades of multilateral trade cooperation - what have we learnt?

  The report looks at the circumstances in which the GATT was born and goes on to explain why governments believe it is in their interests to cooperate on trade matters.

  • 01/01/2007

  • World Trade Organization
  • • Development
    • Trade
    • Economy
    • GATT
    • International Cooperation
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Cyprus
    • South America

• Draft agriculture policy 2007 - Orissa

  Orissa is an agrarian State. Almost two third of its total work force depend on agriculture for employment and sustenance.

  • 01/01/2007

  • Government of Orissa
  • • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Unemployment
    • Agro-Based Industry
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Food Security
    • Crops

• State of renewable energies in Europe

  This new report from EurObserver is being published at a time when the whole world is looking for solutions to the challenges of climate change, energy supply security and competitiveness.

  • 01/01/2007

  • EurObserver
  • • Renewable Energy
    • Biomass
    • Wind Energy
    • Solar Energy
    • Electricity
    • Europe

• A long term view of water and security: international waters, national issues, and regional tensions

  Surface and groundwater that cross international boundaries present increased challenges to regional stability because hydrologic needs can often be overwhelmed by political considerations. While the potential for paralyzing disputes is especially high in these basins, history shows that water can catalyze dialogue and cooperation, even between especially contentious riparians. There are 263 rivers around the world that cross the boundaries of two or more nations, and untold number of international groundwater aquifers. In order to understand the long term implications of transboundary water management, and the potential for future conflict and cooperation, it is critical to assess what the indicators and triggers are of such processes currently, then evaluate their prospects for the future.

  • 01/01/2007

  • German Advisory Council on Global Change
  • • Water Management
    • Water Quality
    • Irrigation
    • Hydroelectricity
    • International Disputes
    • Economic Development

• Climate change risk: an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities

  This analysis provides us greater insight into an adaptation-led strategy to reduce climate change risk and increasing urban resilience in keeping with India’s development and priorities challenges. This attempts shifts the emphasis away from a largely mitigation and techo-centric response that has come to dominate the climate crisis discourse emanating largely from OECD countries. This may provide a window of opportunity for countries like India to chart a more independent traverse to a more sustainable future.

  • 01/01/2007

  • IIED
  • • Climate Mitigation
    • Climate Adaptation
    • India

• Handbook on international environmental agreements: an Indian perspective

  This handbook seeks to provide a comprehensive and cohesive perspective on the major International Environmental Agreements to which India is a party, along with India’s position and role in impleme

  • 01/01/2007

  • WWF - India
  • • Environment
    • Montreal Protocol
    • CITES
    • Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD)
    • Basel Convention
    • UNCLOS
    • Global Environmental Agreements
    • Kyoto Protocol
    • India
    • Forest Conservation

• Pandemic influenza: warning, children at-risk

  Scientists around the globe have been warning about the risk of a potential pandemic influenza outbreak. Pandemic flu is caused by a new, severe strain of the flu virus capable of producing severe disease and spreading rapidly person-to-person worldwide. Unlike the seasonal flu, a pandemic flu virus poses a novel threat since humans would have no previously developed immunity against this new virus strain, putting most people at high risk for infection. This could result in a large percentage of the world’s population being infected by a rapidly spreading virus in a very short period of time.

  • 01/01/2007

  • Trust For Americas Health
  • • Health Effects
    • Children
    • Influenza

• Manual on artificial recharge of ground water

  This manual deals with various aspects of investigation techniques for selection of sites, planning and design of artificial recharge structures, their economic evaluation, monitoring and technical au

  • 01/01/2007

  • Central Ground Water Board
  • • Groundwater Pollution
    • Water Resources
    • Surface Water
    • Groundwater
    • Groundwater Recharge
    • Water Harvesting
    • Water Quality
    • India
    • Rainfall

• Human leopard conflict management guidelines

  Human-leopard conflict is a complex issue influenced by political and social attitudes, the biology of the species, and management action. Effective management of conflict will have to strike a balance between minimizing serious conflict (attacks on people) and the long-term conservation of the leopard species. Although the leopard is commoner and more resilient than other large cat species that occur in India, it is poached in the largest numbers to meet the demand of the illegal wildlife trade. The leopard is very adaptable, and can live close to human habitations.

  • 01/01/2007

  • Maharashtra State Forest Department
  • • Wildlife
    • Leopard
    • People - Animal Conflicts
    • Maharashtra

• International trade statistics 2007

  The publication describes world trade trends,and focusing on trade in merchandise and trade in commercial services.

  • 01/01/2007

  • World Trade Organization
  • • Agriculture
    • Mining
    • Development
    • Trade
    • Transport
    • Exports
    • Imports
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • South America

• Recent trends in the law and policy of bioenergy production, promotion and use

  This study aims to stimulate discussion on the elements of appropriate national legal frameworks for bioenergy, particularly in developing countries.

  • 01/01/2007

  • FAO
  • • Environment
    • Trade
    • Climate Mitigation
    • Energy
    • Energy Technology
    • Developing Countries
    • Climate Change

• The Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007

  This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2007.

  • 01/01/2007

  • Lok Sabha
  • • Land Ownership
    • Land Act 1894
    • India

• Getting the basics right: water and sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific

  Australia’s overseas development aid assistance is set to increase substantially over the next four years. This much welcomed increase could be stretched in multiple directions to satisfy multiple needs. This paper is a contribution to the debate on how best to direct Australia’s investments to meet the objective of reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development. The paper suggests that a focus on domestic water and sanitation is critical and will contribute significantly to poverty reduction in the region.

  • 01/01/2007

  • WaterAid
  • • Rural Water Supply
    • Health Effects
    • Development
    • Sanitation
    • Poverty

• Asian water development outlook 2007: achieving water security for Asia

  This report brings together a wide range of water-related issues, problems, and challenges from a future-oriented, multi-disciplinary, and multisectoral perspective from around the Asia and Pacific region. Highlighted are important topics that have been neglected or are being inadequately considered in most countries of the region.

  • 01/01/2007

  • Asian Development Bank
  • • Water Resources
    • Water Management
    • Water Policy
    • Drinking Water
    • Urban Water Supply
    • Water Supply
    • Asia

• Adaptation to climate change in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: perspective, framework and priorities

  Climate change adaptation requires the use of good agricultural, forestry and fisheries practices to meet changing and more difficult environmental conditions. To make sure appropriate nformation is shared and put into practice, FAO works to build capacities at the national, local and community levels to raise awareness and prepare for climate change impacts. At the government level, the goal is to mainstream climate change strategies and actions in agricultural policies and programmes to reduce vulnerability and provide local communities with site-specific solutions

  • 01/01/2007

  • FAO
  • • Forests
    • Agriculture
    • Water Management
    • Fisheries
    • Climate Change
    • Climate Impacts
    • Climate Adaptation
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Food Security

• Wood-energy supply/demand scenarios in the context of poverty mapping

  This publication provides policy-makers and project personnel with tools to assess present energy flows and future energy scenarios. It uses a geographic information system to generate and manage data independently of political boundaries, integrating and analysing relationships among socio-economic and environmental variable and facilitates the identification of priority areas and population that deserve greatest attention in efforts to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

  • 01/01/2007

  • FAO
  • • Firewood
    • Biomass
    • Energy Surveys
    • Poverty
    • Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam

• Fair deals for watershed services in India

  This report shares field experience and lessons in developing incentive-based mechanisms for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods at micro- and macro-scales at three locations in Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The process, progress and problems in the three sites, and the initial findings, are presented. Key lessons are discussed and specific recommendations made.

  • 01/01/2007

  • IIED
  • • Environment
    • India
    • Watershed Development

• Trade profiles 2007

  This booklet is a quick source for national and trade statistics of WTO members and countries which are in the process of negotiating WTO membership.

  • 01/01/2007

  • World Trade Organization
  • • Trade
    • Economic Development
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • South America
    • Statistics